NAME
scribus - cross platform WYSIWYG desktop publishing app
SYNOPSIS
scribus [-h|--help] [-v|--version] [-l|--lang language] [-la|--langs-
available] [-f|--file|--] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
Scribus is an open source desktop publishing program. It provides true
WYSIWYG editing, excellent PDF export facilities, and a wide range of
other input and output options.
Please see the scribus documentation at http://docs.scribus.net/ or the
program’s built in help for more comprehensive and up-to-date
documentation.
This man page only provides summaries of some aspects of the program’s
use. It’s main purpose is to make sure you can find the full
documentation quickly and easily.
OPTIONS
The definitive options are in the program’s usage statement. Run:
scribus --help to view the usage statement.
-l, --lang xx
Overrides the system locale and runs Scribus in language xx. The
language is specified with the same POSIX language codes that
are used in the LANG and LC_ALL environment variables. For
example, English can be selected with ’en’ (generic English),
’en_GB’ (British English), ’en_US’ (American english), etc.
Similarly, Deutsch can be selected with ’de’ or ’de_DE’.
-la, --langs-available
Print a list of languages for which user interface translations
are available. To use that language run Scribus as ’scribus -l
xx’ where xx is the short language code, or set the locale
environment variables as described below.
-v, --version
Prints the Scribus version number and exits.
-f, --file
Open the specified file. It’s possible to simply pass the file
name as an unqualified argument instead of using this, though if
the name begins with a - you will need to use --, eg ’scribus --
-myfile.sla’.
-h, --help
Print a brief usage summary.
-fi, --font-info
Shows the font file listing as Scribus starts. This can be used
for diagnosing missing glyphs within fonts or possible broken
font files.
-pi, --profile-info
Shows the color profiles listing which Scribus can use. This can
be used for diagnosing missing or broken color profiles. -ns,
--no-splash Suppresses display of the splash screen during
SCribus start-up.
ENVIRONMENT
Scribus respects the standard locale environment variables. Others may
be used through underlying libraries, such as Qt, or by programs used
by Scribus. http://docs.scribus.net/ and the in-program documentation
may note other environment variables used by Scribus or the programs
and libraries it uses.
LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LANG
POSIX locale. See locale(1). Scribus uses these three
environment variables, in the listed order of precedence, to
select the language (including the user interface translation)
to use. If none are set, it will fall back on the locale set by
the underlying Qt library.
PATH Scribus may search the PATH for external tools if their paths
are not specified absolutely. This is currently most likely to
affect you if you have multiple copies of gs(1) installed. You
can set an absolute path to the correct gs(1) in your Scribus
preferences and bypass the PATH search.
A few important environment variables from other programs are
summarised here for convenience, though you should check the original
program’s documentation if you are having trouble.
GS_FONTPATH
GhostScript font path. Affects the font search path for
GhostScript, a component Scribus uses for some PostScript
operations. Add new directories containing fonts to this colon-
separated list to help GhostScript find fonts in non-standard
locations. See gs(1) and the GhostScript HTML documentation for
more information.
GS_LIB GhostScript library path. GhostScript searches this path for
Fontmap files. Like GS_FONTPATH it’s a colon separated list of
directories. You will usually want to use GS_FONTPATH instead,
though building a Fontmap file and using GS_LIB can speed things
up if you have a lot of fonts. See gs(1) and the GhostScript
HTML documentation for more information.
FILES
$HOME/.scribus/
User preferences are stored in $HOME/.scribus/ on Unix or Linux
. Most other paths are configurable from the Scribus
preferences. Scribus 1.3 preferences are separate from Scribus
1.2.x User preferences for Mac OS X, OS/2 and Windows are
documented in the help docs (F1) in Scribus.
$HOME/.scribus/scribus13.rc Scribus preferences file - formatted
in a custom xml schema. May eventually be retired in favour of
new format prefs file. $HOME/.scribus/prefs13.xml Scribus 1.3.5
preferences are separate from Scribus 1.3.3.x
$HOME/.fonts/
$HOME/.fonts.conf
/etc/fonts
Fontconfig, the library used by Scribus to locate fonts, is
normally configured with files in /etc/fonts, mainly
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf and /etc/fonts/local.conf . It may also
use a config file $HOME/.fonts.conf and fonts in $HOME/.fonts/ .
See fonts.conf(5) and the fontconfig documentation for more
information. Note that Scribus may also use its internal font
path to locate more fonts - see the Preferences dialog and
scribus help.
SEE ALSO
The scribus documentation site http://docs.scribus.net/ and home page
http://www.scribus.net/
gs(1), the gs html docs, and http://www.ghostscript.com/
The Qt library - http://www.trolltech.com/
fonts-conf(5) for info on configuring FontConfig
RELATED SOFTWARE AND AFFILIATES
inkscape(1) - http://inkscape.org/
OpenClipArt - http://openclipart.org/
Other affiliates may be listed in the footer on http://www.scribus.net/
BUGS
See http://bugs.scribus.net/ for the Scribus on-line status tracker,
which is used to track bug reports and feature requests. If you intend
to submit a bug report or feature request, please search the bug
database first.
AUTHORS
Please see the About Scribus option in the Help menu for a list of
authors, translators, and contributors.
Updated 2007-12-09 scribus(1)